xxiv, 199 pages ; 22 cm

"René Girard holds up the gospels as mirrors that reveal our broken humanity, and shows that they also reflect a new reality that can make us whole. Like Simone Weil, Girard looks at the Bible as a map of human behavior, and sees Jesus Christ as the turning point leading to new life." "The title echoes Jesus' words: "I saw Satan falling like lightning from heaven." Girard persuades us that even as our world grows increasingly violent the power of the Christ-event is so great that the evils of scapegoating and sacrifice are being defeated even now. A new community, God's nonviolent kingdom, is being realized - even now."--Jacket

Includes bibliographical references and index

pt. 1. The biblical knowledge of violence: Scandal must come. The cycle of mimetic violence. Satan -- pt. 2. The enigmal of myth resolved: The horrible miracle of Appolonius of Tyana. Mythology. Sacrifice. The founding murder. Powers and principalities -- pt. 3. The victory of the cross: The uniqueness of the Bible. The uniqueness of the Gospels. The triumph of the cross. Scapegoat. The modern concern for victims. The twofold Nietzschean heritage

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